How Snoke FAKED His Death in The Last Jedi (Episode 9 Spoilers!)

There’s no way someone that powerful—someone who can throw Hux to the ground from a far distance—would get cut in half like string cheese that easy…

…but he kind of does look like a 7 foot-long piece of string cheese, which is beyond the point. 😝

Let’s get real here: Snoke is just too powerful. On his weekends, he throws people around like ragdolls, manipulates, and even decides to outdo Steve Jobs by bringing Apple’s ‘Facetime’ feature into Star Wars.

He literally builds an involuntary force bond between Kylo and Rey’s mind from across the galaxy.

With immense power like that, there’s got to be some sort of backstory.

So, who is Snoke?

What do we know about Snoke?

Art by John Osborne

Snoke is a Force-sensitive humanoid male that was (or maybe still is) the Supreme Leader of the First Order.

He’s neither Sith nor Jedi.

In the Last Jedi Visual Dictionary, the dictionary uses an entire subheader called, “Heart of Darkness” to describe him and his tendency to always disguise his true nature.

Curious, huh?

We also know Snoke is a fanboy of Darth Vader, wearing a golden ring with obsidian stone from Darth Vader’s castle.

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Hmm…is that why Snoke’s so obsessed with turning Kylo Ren into the next Vader? Did Snoke know Vader? Star Wars Theory thinks he did.

But even if that was true, Snoke hasn’t succeeded in recreating Vader…or did he?

Actually, he did.

You know what gave it off? The ‘reylo connection.’

Rey and Kylo Ren Force Connection

If Snoke’s ‘supposedly’ dead then why is the connection still intact? Snoke, after all, bridged the connection.

It has to do with a trick we’ve seen Luke use before.

Force Projection

Luke’s last firework was with a new capability we’ve seen only twice before: Force Projection.

Art by Tony Warne

Earlier in the film, Luke projected himself across the galaxy, physically hugging Leia and giving her Han’s dice from the Falcon. He didn’t stop there — Luke even sparred with Kylo.

If Luke could do it, why don’t you think Snoke couldn’t do it? If you were watching closely, Snoke actually does Force Project BEFORE Luke in The Last Jedi.

Art by Reynaile

Kylo literally just physically interacted with Rey from across the galaxy, who was also seen by Luke and even reacted to Luke’s loud force push. Luke even looks at Kylo for a good two seconds.

Who made this possible? Snoke.

Matter of fact, Snoke’s the one that actually influenced Luke to even use Force Projection in the first place.

Was this part of Snoke’s scheme to kill Luke using Force Projection? Most definitely.

But If Snoke already knew how to do Force Projection, then why didn’t he just use it to protect himself? That’s exactly what he did.

Snoke’s Throne Room Illusion

Snoke is a master strategist. He knew people’s weaknesses and would manipulate it to his advantage.